Logo Questions Linux Laravel Mysql Ubuntu Git Menu
 

check if command was successful in a batch file

How within a batch file to check if command

start "" javaw -jar %~p0/example.jar

was successful or produced an error?

I want to use if/else statements to echo this info out.

like image 713
31415926 Avatar asked Feb 04 '13 16:02

31415926


People also ask

How do you check if a command is executed successfully in a batch file?

To test for a specific ERRORLEVEL, use an IF command with the %ERRORLEVEL% variable. n.b. Some errors may return a negative number. If the batch file is being executed as a scheduled task, then exiting with an error code will be logged as a failed task. You can monitor the event log to discover those failures.

What does == mean in batch?

[ == ] (Double Equals) The "IF" command uses this to test if two strings are equal: IF "%1" == "" GOTO HELP. means that if the first parameter on the command line after the batch file name is equal to nothing, that is, if a first parameter is not given, the batch file is to go to the HELP label.

What does %% mean in batch file?

Represents a replaceable parameter. Use a single percent sign ( % ) to carry out the for command at the command prompt. Use double percent signs ( %% ) to carry out the for command within a batch file. Variables are case sensitive, and they must be represented with an alphabetical value such as %a, %b, or %c. ( <set> )

How can you end the batch file if the last command failed?

EXIT /B at the end of the batch file will stop execution of a batch file. Use EXIT /B < exitcodes > at the end of the batch file to return custom return codes. Environment variable %ERRORLEVEL% contains the latest errorlevel in the batch file, which is the latest error codes from the last command executed.


5 Answers

This likely doesn't work with start, as that starts a new window, but to answer your question:

If the command returns a error level you can check the following ways

By Specific Error Level

commandhere
if %errorlevel%==131 echo do something

By If Any Error

commandhere || echo what to do if error level ISN'T 0

By If No Error

commandhere && echo what to do if error level IS 0

If it does not return a error level but does give output, you can catch it in a variable and determine by the output, example (note the tokens and delims are just examples and would likely fail with any special characters)

By Parsing Full Output

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('somecommand') do set output=%%a
if %output%==whateveritwouldsayinerror echo error

Or you could just look for a single phrase in the output like the word Error

By Checking For String

commandhere | find "Error" || echo There was no error!
commandhere | find "Error" && echo There was an error!

And you could even mix together (just remember to escape | with ^| if in a for statement)

Hope this helps.

like image 175
Patrick Meinecke Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 06:10

Patrick Meinecke


You can use

if errorlevel 1 echo Unsuccessful

in some cases. This depends on the last command returning a proper exit code. You won't be able to tell that there is anything wrong if your program returns normally even if there was an abnormal condition.

Caution with programs like Robocopy, which require a more nuanced approach, as the error level returned from that is a bitmask which contains more than just a boolean information and the actual success code is, AFAIK, 3.

like image 39
Joey Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 07:10

Joey


Most commands/programs return a 0 on success and some other value, called errorlevel, to signal an error.

You can check for this in you batch for example by:

call <THE_COMMAND_HERE>
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto :next
echo "Errors encountered during execution.  Exited with status: %errorlevel%"
goto :endofscript

:next
echo "Doing the next thing"

:endofscript
echo "Script complete"
like image 24
jsears Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 05:10

jsears


Goodness I had a hard time finding the answer to this... Here it is:

cd thisDoesntExist
if %errorlevel% == 0 (
  echo Oh, I guess it does
  echo Huh.
)
like image 28
Andrew Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 05:10

Andrew


I don't know if javaw will write to the %errorlevel% variable, but it might.

echo %errorlevel% after you run it directly to see.

Other than that, you can pipe the output of javaw to a file, then use find to see what the results were. Without knowing the output of it, I can't really help you with that.

like image 38
Gray Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 06:10

Gray